The Cleveland Cavaliers have four picks in the upcoming NBA Draft—Nos. 4, 24, 33 and 34—and offered to trade all of them to the New Orleans Hornets for the No. 1 overall pick, ESPN’s Chad Ford reports (link requires ESPN Insider subscription).

The Cavs were immediately rebuffed, as the Hornets obviously believe Anthony Davis is worth a lot more than that quartet of picks.

Davis humbly stated at last week’s draft combine in Chicago that him going No. 1 was "not set in stone," and Thomas Robinson is making his own case to go first. But the entire basketball universe knows the Hornets are going to snap up Davis.

Davis is a potential franchise-changing type of player, one who can lead a team to championships. Four draft picks—even with one being in the lottery—just aren’t enough to part with that kind of hope.